Chapter 486 (1/2)

Chapter 486

“A carriage?” A soldier asked when he saw the approaching carriage

“That is Miss Xiao Cui’s carriage!” Another soldier recognized As Xiao Cui was Lady Cai’s personal servant, she had greater standing compared to the soldiers They had to try and obtain her favor instead of offend her

“Didn’t Miss Xiao Cui go out to buy cosmetics for the Lady?” One soldier asked as he took a look at the second carriage following the first

“Why are you asking so o and help her down!” As Xiao Cui would not have a servant to assist her and that the seat of the carriage was quite high up, the soldiers were the ones that help her get down the carriage

Once the soldiers helped Xiao Cui down froe, they asked her why she was back so early and who the people behind her was

“No need to ask so much!” Xiao Cui replied The soldier that asked the question was one of those that had been given to Lady Cai for a long time By now, the soldier should know the kind of person Lady Cai was

Although Xiao Cui rebuked hinant The soldier also nodded and left Asking once was alright but not asking many times

“Where is the Lady?” Xiao Cui asked

“The Lady is still playing Go with that young lord”

“I understand“ Xiao Cui nodded and went towards the residence The guards tried to stop Liu Mang and Jia Xu froave the’s identity was a merchant, he was escorted to the backyard since merchants could not discuss business in thedid not care about this All he needed was to be able to o and report to the Lady” Xiao Cui said to the two after bringing theo elsewhere to avoid anyand Jia Xu then sat down beside the table and chatted with each other

“This Liu Biao is quite a spendthrift He is willing to spend so much for a woman” Jia Xu coeous flowerbed and the materials used to old

“He is naturally willing to part with soreplied He had already seen Liu Biao’s spending habits at his residence Everything there was extreant It also showed that Liu Biao did not care about the sufferings of the co looked at the trees and flowers as he waited Eventually, his sight landed on the flowers that stood up straight

“Milord Do you like poppies1(虞美人 )?” Jia Xu asked

“Poppies?”

“That’s right” Jia Xu replied and explained Poppies were beautiful so there were those that plant them in their flowerbeds However, not everybody liked it as poppies sy looked at the flowers again and shook his head

“These are definitely not poppies” Although Liu Mang did not know much about flowers, he knew that these floere not poppies This is because the flower buds of poppies were supposed to dangle down They only stood up straight when they bloo stated

“Heartbreak grass?” Jia Xu looked at the plant skeptically Why is it called a grass when it was clearly a flower?

“Haha This is also known as the deain If these two could not explain it well enough then there was also a third na knew this ht them how to differentiate the flowers in case sos

“Derass?”

“Wenhe This plant is like a devil Once it infects you, you would no longer be able to part with it!”

“You would not be able to part with it after it infects you?” Jia Xu repeated Was it truly so terrifying? He had looked at it for such a long ti different

“Of course youfrom it first!”

“Then is it like Cold-Food Powder?”

This was a psychoactive drug that was popular ast the Han nobles as it could satisfy their desires but contrary to their beliefs, it does notyou could make from this flower is not inferior to the Cold-Food Powder in any way!” In fact, opium addiction was actually worse

“Besides that, the drug would also be easier to make compared to the Cold-Food Powder” Cold Food Powder could only circulate arams of this opium could be produced with one acre of fertile land

“This trip is hile!” Liu Mang laughed as he looked at this flower It s depend on how a person used it

The world belonged to the nobles Even the Eroeak, they would inevitably be dragged down As the nobles were powerful, re to work Thisto control or destroy the nobles

For exa could control the flow of opium to make it precious and sell it to the nobles Once they are all addicted, he could easily control the did not need to cozhou He could just control the outflow of opium and Liu Biao would obediently hand over all of his provisions

Liu Mang then calet our hands on this plant It would be even better if we can obtain their seeds! With this floould be able to open the gates of hell!”

After entering the courtyard, Xiao Cui tactfully waited for Lady Cai and Pang Tong to finish their gaain” Pang Tong s is talented This one cannot co Tong, she did not care about the outcoless

“Your servant has been waiting for quite so asked Lady Cai also noticed that Xiao Cui had returned earlier than expected Thishad happened It was at thisfroer smell compared to actual flowers

Xiao Cui had a dry face that could only be hidden with cosmetic powders Yet, Lady Cai noticed that Xiao Cui’s face was s covered with cosmetic powder Lady Cai was very interested but she would only wait for Xiao Cui to give her report

“Miss I have already bought the cosmetics! See how effective it is on this servant!” Xiao Cui said as she approached Lady Cai Lady Cai then also noticed that Xiao Cui’s hair was alsocould not help but stare

“There is also lip gloss and skincare!” Xiao Cui added what she learned froet these?” Lady Cai asked with interest

“These products all came from the West!”

“Oh?” This was not the first time a person came from the West to trade However, this was the first time she had heard of cosmetics from the West

“All of it is old!” Xiao Cui said There were tied by its price instead of its efficacy Sure enough, Pang Tong was also curious Was the cosmetic products from the West truly so expensive? The total was easily over a hundred gold

“Do you not have enough et the h a hundred gold was a lot of money, Lady Cai thinks it was cheap for its effects

“No, no!” Xiao Cui shook her head

“Is it not enough?”

“It is not that The merchants are here They said they wanted to meet Milady and offer these cosmetics to you!” Xiao Cui explained She had taken her own initiative to set this up

“You! Who allowed a servant like you to bring people in?” Pang Tong iry and slapped Xiao Cui before Lady Cai could say anything

“Ah!” Xiao Cui fell to the ground and her face turned red She did not knohy Pang Tong suddenly slapped her

“Iuards took out their weapons iood relationshi+p with Xiao Cui As long as Lady Cai gave the order, they would gladly end Pang Tong’s life

“Does the Lady want to killasked

Initially, Lady Cai was also about to chide Xiao Cui However, Pang Tong’s actions ry instead

“Stop!” Lady Cai ordered her guards While Xiao Cui hadis just a guest Xiao Cui’s punish